Perfect Plugin Picker
by j · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Displays the number of ratings a plugin has received without having to hover over the stars in your site's admin panel when browsing for plugins.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,750 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5136 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
126
now · peak 126
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WPCore Plugin Manager 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Plugin Report 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Plugins 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/perfect-plugin-picker" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Perfect Plugin Picker — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Perfect Plugin Picker: no active install count reported, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-24. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/perfect-plugin-picker